dei

See also: Dei, déi, dèi, deî, dēi, děi, de'i, and dei-

Basque

Noun

dei

1. call (clarification of this definition is needed)

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Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin deus.

Noun

dei m (plural deis, feminine déôsse)

1. a god

See also

• Dei, the monotheist God of the Bible

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛj/

Noun

dei f (plural deis)

1. dey (clarification of this definition is needed)

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Edopi

Noun

dei

1. cassowary

Further reading

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

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Galician

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

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Ido

Noun

dei

1. plural of deo

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Italian

Etymology 1

Derived from di (“of”, possession preposition) + i (“the”, definite masculine plural article)

Alternative forms

• de' (truncation)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdei/, [ˈd̪ei̯]
• Hyphenation: déi

Contraction

dei

1. contraction of di i; of the, from the

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• dèi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛi/, [ˈd̪ɛi̯]
• Hyphenation: dèi

Noun

dei m pl (archaic dii)

1. plural of dio

Usage notes

The form of the definite article used with this word is gli.

Gli dei sono scontenti. ― The gods are displeased.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛi/, [ˈd̪ɛi̯]
• Hyphenation: dèi

Verb

dei

1. (also poetic) Obsolete form of devi, second-person singular present indicative of dovere

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Japanese

Romanization

dei

1. Rōmaji transcription of でい

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Latin

Noun

deī

1. inflection of deus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Verb

deī

1. second-person singular present active imperative of deeō

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Lindu

Noun

dei

1. bunch; cluster

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Low German

Alternative forms

• de

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, /ˈdaɪ̯/

Article

dei

1. Alternative form of de

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Mandarin

Romanization

dei

1. Nonstandard spelling of dēi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of děi.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English dæġ.

Noun

dei

1. Alternative form of day

Etymology 2

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronoun

dei

1. Alternative form of þei

Etymology 3

From Old French de.

Noun

dei

1. Alternative form of dee

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Navajo

Adverb

dei

1. up, upward

Related terms

• deigo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse þeir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæɪ/ (example of pronunciation)

Article

dei

1. the (plural form of den and det, usually used in front of adjectives modifying plural nouns)

Pronoun

dei (genitive deira)

1. they

   Veit du kvar dei er?

   Do you know where they are?

2. those

   Dei der borte?

   Those over there?

See also

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk

Number	Person	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive / Genetive
				feminine	masculine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	eg, je1	meg	mi	min	mitt	mine
	Second	du	deg	di	din	ditt	dine
	Third (reflexive)	—	seg	si	sin	sitt	sine
	Third (masculine)	han	han, honom2	hans
	Third (feminine)	ho	ho, henne	hennar, hennes1
	Third (neuter)	det, dat3		dess4
Plural	First	me, vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	de, dokker	dykk, dokker	dykkar, dokkar
	Third	dei	dei, deim2	deira, deires1

¹No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.

²Traditional forms that are no longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.

³Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.

⁴Rare or literary

References

• “dei” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old French

Noun

dei m (oblique plural deis, nominative singular deis, nominative plural dei)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of doit (finger)
   • circa 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, page 164 (of the Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, line 1980:

     Un anel d'or trait de sun dei

     she removed a gold ring from her finger

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Old Frisian

Alternative forms

• dī

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Noun

dei m

1. day

Inflection

Declension of dei (masculine a-stem)

case	singular	plural
nominative	dei	degar, dega
accusative	dei	degar, dega
genitive	deis	dega
dative	dei	degum, degem

Descendants

• North Frisian: däi

  Föhr-Amrum: dai

• Saterland Frisian: Dai
• West Frisian: dei

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German dein, English thy.

Adjective

dei

1. (possessive) your

Inflection

	masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
nominative and accusative	dei	dei	dei	dei
dative	deim	deinre	deim	deine

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Portuguese

Verb

dei

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of dar

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Scots

Alternative forms

• dee (more common)

Verb

dei (third-person singular present deis, present participle deiin, past deid, past participle deed)

1. (South Scots) to die

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• dii

Noun

dei m

1. plural of deu
2. plural of diu

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English day.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dei̯/

Noun

dei

1. day

Derived terms

• deinen

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• deui (literary)
• doi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dei̯/

Verb

dei

1. (colloquial) second-person singular future of dod

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
dei	ddei	nei	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Noun

dei

1. Soft mutation of tei.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tei	dei	nhei	thei
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).

Noun

dei c (plural dagen)

1. day
2. date

Derived terms

• hjoeddeisk

Further reading

• “dei”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011